Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimoPotholes, like these on Quintard Street in Grasmere, are an annoyance to drivers on Staten Island.

Wind gusts will pick up to near 40 mph this afternoon and the mercury will plummet into the low-to-mid teens tonight, making for wind chills of 0 to 5 degrees.

With the rain overnight filling cracks in the pavement, the extreme cold -- by freezing that water -- will likely offer up a bumper crop of new potholes across the Island to add to the myriad of craters that already pock-mark the borough.